Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier GTRexclude with a Prussian royal crown

with a Prussian royal crown on the upper arm and a reinstitution date of “1914” on the lower arm

by officers of the Army

the third screwpost having been lost to time

featuring clusters of two-pointed rays in each quadrant also in silver gilt

the bottom edge of the wrapper having been ripped open

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier GTRexclude with a Prussian royal crown(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a central threaded screw post, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, marked with LDO code L59